A new study warns modern life may undermine key human survival traits, from fertility to cognition, as environmental ...

Human biology evolved for a world of movement, nature, and short bursts of stress—not the constant pressure of modern life.

For decades, a neat story about human origins has floated through textbooks and documentaries: modern humans emerged in East ...

Modern humans and Neanderthals shared a common ancestor, lived side by side in parts of Eurasia, and even had children ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

Our species is defined by a long list of cultural and genetic traits that set us apart from our ancient counterparts. New research suggests at least some key distinctions date back earlier than ...

More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. Using advanced analysis based ...

An experimental study of modern chimpanzees has documented patterns of behavior that seemingly mirror those of our prehistoric human ancestors, casting light on how our predecessors may have utilized ...

Researchers say they’ve uncovered new evidence in present-day England that could reshape our understanding of human evolution ...

When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyze the morphology of bones—which is crucial for ...

John Gowlett receives funding from PAST Africa and Wenner-Gren Foundation, and his work has previously been supported by The Leverhulme Trust. He is associated with a new series of podcasts on human ...